A Bolivar, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the internet.
Kevin Robert Thomas, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 20 years in federal prison without parole.
Thomas pleaded guilty on June 11, 2018. The investigation began when a law enforcement officer, using investigative tools for unlawful internet usage, noticed that Thomas was using peer-to-peer file-sharing software to make child pornography available on his computer. Officers executed a search warrant at Thomas’s residence and seized three computers.
Investigators examined the computers and found 261 images and videos of child pornography on two of the computers. The images and videos depicted children from five to 16 years old.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abram McGull, II. It was investigated by the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crime Task Force, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Polk County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department and the Bolivar, Mo., Police Department.
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